congressman i that very much for joining us today from dallas. >> always good to be with you guys. thank you. >> steve: straight ahead, ten minutes before the top of the hour on this friday, did the white house try to cover up an attack on a u.s. drone after the election? it happened before the election, but we didn't hear until afterwards. colonel ralph peters weighs in on that. but first let's check in with bill hemmer to see what he has scraped together for two hours start not guilty ten minutes. >> you do have power? >> steve: we do. >> martha does not. >> steve: oh, man. that means she's going to come over again [ laughter ] it's friday and the stakes are huge on everything. mike huckabee takes on those issues today. also, what do republicans do? the president speaks on the economy and the election. we'll and his tone today. new questions on libya that steve hayes is here to analyze. martha and i will see you on a friday edition of "america's newsroom," top of the hour >> brian: yesterday the pentagon confirming just days before the election, iranian jets tried twice to shoot